Kent, Eliza F (Author)
Oxford University Press
Physical Details: ix + 236 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Sacred Groves and Local Gods traces a journey through Tamil Nadu, exploring how the localized meanings attached to forested shrines are changing under the impact of globalization and economic liberalization. Confounding simplistic representations of sacred groves as sites of a primitive form of nature worship, the book shows how local practices and beliefs regarding sacred groves are at once more imaginative, dynamic, and pragmatic thacally de-cen previously thought. Kent argues that rather than being ancient in origin, as has been asserted by other scholars, the religious beliefs, practices, and iconography found in sacred groves suggest origins in the politintered eighteenth century, when the Tamil country was effectively ruled by local chieftains. She analyzes two projects undertaken by environmentalists that seek to harness the traditions surrounding sacred groves in the service of forest restoration and environmental education.
...MoreReview Strahorn, Eric (2014) Review of "Sacred Groves and Local Gods: Religion and Environmentalism in South India". Environmental History (pp. 386-387).
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